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A simulation study of cane transport system improvements in the Sezela Mill area.
(2009)The South African sugar industry is of significant local and international importance and covers an area in excess of 450 000 hectares. This area yields approximately 21 million tons of sugarcane per annum which is transported ... -
A social constructionist analysis of talk in episodes of psychiatric student nurse-psychiatric client community clinic based interaction.
(2007)The study seeks to explore and to offer a critical account for the 'discursive doings' of student psychiatric nmsing practice as they are jointly constructed in the episodes of conversation between the nmse and client-speakers ... -
A study of bruchid resistance and its inheritance in Malawian dry bean germplasm.
(2007)Dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is economically and nutritionally an important legume, not only in Malawi, but in many parts of Africa and Latin America. Unfortunately, two bruchid species (Acanthoscelides obtectus Say, ... -
A study of cross-cultural and gender differences in the experience of jealousy.
(2002)Gender differences in the experience of jealousy have been the subject of research interest since the work of Freud. Recent research seems to indicate that males may be more distressed by their partners' sexual infidelity, ... -
A study of rain attenuation on terrestrial paths at millimetric wavelengths in South Africa.
(2006)Rain affects the design of any communication system that relies on the propagation of electromagnetic waves. Above a certain threshold of frequency, the attenuation due to rain becomes one of the most important limits to ... -
A study of the Divine Life Society with special reference to its socio-religious implications in South Africa.
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A study of the relationship between benchmarked factor improvements and employee satisfaction : an empirical study of Johannesburg water.
(2006)Companies are constantly searching for ways to enhance productivity and the bottom line. One of the assumptions is that increased job satisfaction can contribute in this regard with improvements in motivation and productivity. ... -
A study of trial participants' understanding and attitudes towards randomisation, double-blinding and placebo use, and a pilot intervention in a microbicide trial in Malawi.
(2010)This empirical study was aimed at assessing trial participants’ understanding of randomisation, double blinding and placebo use as well as investigating their attitudes towards the three procedures. The study was conducted ... -
A survey of researchers' ethics, law and human rights dilemmas, resources and needs in HIV vaccine trials (HVTs) in Africa.
(2011)This study investigated the Ethic, Law, and Human rights (ELH) dilemmas of researchers involved in preparing for and/or conducting HVTs in African countries. Furthermore it investigated availability of ELH material resources ... -
A survey of South African registered Accountants' and Auditors' attitudes towards differential corporate reporting.
(2004)The aim of this dissertation is to investigate aspects of the differential corporate reporting debate in South Africa. The dissertation summarises the background to the current position and findings in respect of all ... -
A survey of the distribution of temperament types amongst ministers in the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa as measured by the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II.
(1999)Differences in psychological attitudes, functions, types and temperaments have been shown to have significant effects on the functioning of Christian ministers and their congregations. Knowledge of the distribution of ... -
A syntactic analysis of Kinyarwanda applicatives.
(2005)"A syntactic Analysis of Kinyarwanda applicatives" is a study of the syntax of Kinyarwanda which focuses on applicatives. Applicatives are constructions in which the object of a preposition becomes the direct object of the ... -
A systems approach to the design of an idealized student enrolment support system for the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2008)In the research we considered the viability of the current student enrolment support system at the University of KwaZuku-Natal. The system relied on the coordination and integration of activities across campuses and reporting ... -
A systems-thinking based evaluation of predator conflict management on selected South African farms.
(2008)The backbone of this study was a systems thinking based analysis of the management and control of predators as practiced in South Africa since the advent of Europeans in 1652. The first bounties were introduced for a variety ... -
Aantekeninge by Skakering (1991) : 'n omgewingsopvoedingsbenadering tot die gedigteks.
(2001)This article has as focus an environmental education analysis of ten selected poems from the book Skakering (Opperman and Coetzee 1991) to associate the problem of environmental education with the teaching of a humanities ... -
An ab initio molecular orbital study of some binary complexes of water.
(1996)Ab initio molecular orbital theory has been successful in predicting the stabilities of many weak complexes; typical of these are the complexes formed between water and various small molecules. To account for the correlation ... -
The abandoned trials of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV : what went wrong?
(Plos., 2005)Discusses the impact of irresponsible reporting and activism against the use of the oral antiretroviral drug tenofovir as a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PREP) for HIV/AIDS. Protests against trials of PREP; Concerns of the ... -
Abandoning the Ark in Durban: development, displacement, resettlement and livelihood struggles.
(2021)Forced removals, the theme of this thesis, through evictions, clean-up campaigns and development-induced displacement, results in the ‘hygienisation’ of public space and the ‘violent un-homing’ of vulnerable communities. ...